FIVE people — including two children — were killed in weekend car crashes, bringing the number of people who have died on the State’s roads this year to 112.

Five people have died on the roads in the last 24 hours.

A nine-year-old girl died tonight when a car in which she was a passenger overturned in Co Longford.

A 22-year-old pedestrian was killed in a road accident in Co Longford this morning.